Photar Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Photar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Photar (63) may also be a first name.
Photar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Photar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Photar (Hindi: फोतरा) is found most frequently in India. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Photar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,323,005th most frequently held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Photar reside; 86 percent reside in South Asia and 86 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,234,572nd most numerous first name throughout the world, held by 63 people.
It is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 25,568,846. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Gujarat, where 97 percent live and Himachal Pradesh, where 3 percent live. Beside India this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 11 percent live and Russia, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Photar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Photar in the Hindi language | ||
| फोतरा | photara | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Photar
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